I wish to narrow the gap between game developers and consumers. The ethical and transparent treatment of gamers inside F2P business environments is my specialty and passion. I also seek to marry neuroscience and behavioral economics with game design to provide maximum pleasure to gamers without abusing them.

This is an excerpt of Ramin Shokrizade's recent talk at the Captivate Conference where he proposes that an increased knowledge of how games affect us physiologically, when combined with virtual economics, will change our games and industry forever.

As Millennials spend ever more hours each day connected to electronic devices, the word "addiction" is being used with much more frequency. Ramin Shokrizade argues that while the trend may be troubling, the risks are largely misunderstood.

Monetization expert Ramin Shokrizade explains how F2P is transforming media and society world-wide. The concepts here were also presented at the Austin Captivate Conference and the Panama ICPEN summit earlier this month.

By considering the physiological effects of games on consumers, we can optimize the experience for maximum engagement. Virtual Economist Ramin Shokrizade proposes a new paradigm for matching content with various consumer groups.

As used in this article predictive analytics is a form of quantifying inductive reasoning. If it happened before following a certain pattern 75 of the time, it is 75 likely to happen in the future, especially if the sample size is large. But you can only get these numbers well ...

I think most people either have a serious addiction to some source of reward chemicals, or they have a balanced life easier said than done . Those that are seriously repressed chemically seem to have an increased chance of developing diseases linked to low dopamine levels. All sources of media ...

I am a bit uncomfortable that this interpretation might be creeping into a policy of Yes this product designed for children keeps prompting your child to make purchase decisions that they are legally unfit for, but parents should know better.

The success or failure of a game like this will be determined at least as much by the in-game economy as by the action. It is next to impossible to maintain security for offline play, and thus such an option would make the in-game economy vulnerable. Thus they never had ...

This is a complicated subject. The key to a resolution where everyone wins, is clear and constructive communication. So far I have observed that Apple 's strategy is to avoid communication entirely with regulators, perhaps hoping to delay a resolution. This gives the impression that Apple wishes to be above ...

I think without the immersive effect I recently described as The Titanic Effect , that these sales will be particularly weak. The quality of most of these goods is so low that without that trick, their value would be negligible to consumers.